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Digital Inheritance at its Core

Life is precious and in this age of technology there are many opportunities to be found and expanded upon while we have the chance. There are many careers, jobs and hobbies that shape the way we live and our legacies we leave for the upcoming generations. Many jobs provide life insurance, health, dental or 401k methods to benefit us later in life, however when it comes to streamers, content creators and digital channels what happens to their channels if they were to suddenly pass away. How will their families be taken care of, and what happens to their content ?

Majority of what is shared by technology via Social Media, Streaming Services or Platforms never disappears or deletes and this can cause many hackers or manipulators to take control of something that is not theirs. Similar to Life Insurance, it is good for content creators to plan and discuss the logistics and will of their platforms for love ones that in a case of death or incapacitation their accounts and stream of income is secured.

Preparation

Our digital footprint is the overall ways we utilize the digital world, this includes online bank accounts, personal photos, emails and streams of media. This information can be very critical not only to ourselves but to those around us. Preparation have to be made in unexpected scenarios so that our immediate families do not suffer trying to recollect personal data and try to hack their way into our personal phones and devices no one knows the passwords too.

With various forms of communication digitally and physically, there should be atleast one loved one or family member you can intrust to discuss this personal information with. The risk for Digital Creators is increased due to the severity of the content and popularity they have among the world. There are various ways to store passwords and information digitally with password managers being a viable option. Some forms of social media provide memorialization which demonstrates the process of what happens to the account after death.

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=== Article body: In this article there should be more about the elderly and how we can help them when it comes to dealing with things that has to do with the internet and things that they will need to learn. I notice that in the original article is stating that a proposed solution has been requested for the Stored Communication Act that sought to protect communication privacy by prohibiting service providers from disclosing a customer's electronically stored content to a third party. What other changes can be made to help with Digital inheritance? ===